Width in millimetres, and it must match the binding

Ski crampons, compared

A ski crampon is a steel comb that clips beside the boot on a touring binding and bites when the snow is too hard for a skin. It is the narrowest compatibility question in the whole catalogue, and it is decided by one number: the width in millimetres. The corpus shows 90, 100, 105 and 110 mm, and the crampon must be at least as wide as the ski at the waist — too narrow and it will not straddle the ski, too wide and it stops biting. The second condition is harder, because it is a system rather than a size: the crampon mounts to a specific binding. A crampon made for one maker's pin binding will not enter another's slot, and the listings that name the binding — Kingpin, TLT — are the ones telling the truth about it. Anything sold as universal is asking the buyer to check. The tooth depth decides what the crampon can do: shallow teeth handle a frozen skin track, deeper ones hold on refrozen spring crust, and depth costs weight. The material is steel or aluminium, and the trade is exactly what it sounds like. The weight per pair closes the argument, because a crampon lives in a pack until the one morning it is needed. Note also what this shelf is not: boot crampons for walking on ice are a different product, they appear in this corpus, and they have their own family here. We compare fits, width, tooth depth, material, packed and weight per pair.

Every accessory here, figure by figure

1. 

   DYNAFIT 110 mm

   The widest crampon on the shelf and the cheapest, for one maker’s bindings only.

   Fits

   Every Dynafit binding, stated

   Width

   110 mm; other sizes stated available

   Tooth depth

   Not published

   Material

   Not published

   Packed

   Not published

   Weight per pair

   Not published

   Amazon reference

   B00FAXXKMM (one reference across 6 Amazon marketplaces)

   EAN

   4046402070209

   • The widest crampon on this shelf — 110 mm covers a ski up to that at the waist
   • Stated compatible with every binding the maker sells, which removes the model-by-model question
   • Two of its three bullet points are the product name repeated: "Crampons 110Mm Harscheisen 110Mm - DynaFit"

   Best for: A Dynafit binding on a ski up to 110 mm at the waist

   ≈ £82 / €65

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2. 

   Marker 90 mm, for Kingpin and Alpinist

   The only crampon here with a weight, a material and a ski-width range — and a title carrying two different widths.

   Fits

   Marker Kingpin and Alpinist bindings

   Width

   90 mm, for skis of 75 to 90 mm; the title also carries 105 mm

   Tooth depth

   Not published

   Material

   Aluminium

   Packed

   Not published; supplied as two pieces

   Weight per pair

   95 g, quoted at 105 mm

   Amazon reference

   B00WHSFBRA (one reference across 6 Amazon marketplaces)

   EAN

   0883295109968

   • The only listing here with a weight, a material and a ski-width range
   • Fits from the side, under the toe piece, without stepping out of the binding — the one manoeuvre description on this shelf
   • The title says 105 mm and the detail line says 90 mm, and the weight is quoted at 105

   Best for: A Marker Kingpin or Alpinist on a ski of 75 to 90 mm at the waist

   ≈ €80

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3. 

   ATK Harscheisen 95

   Ninety-five millimetres and a maker’s name, and the listing stops there.

   Fits

   ATK bindings, implied by the maker; not stated in the listing

   Width

   95 mm, from the title

   Tooth depth

   Not published

   Material

   Not published

   Packed

   Not published

   Weight per pair

   Not published

   Amazon reference

   DE B07FM6B5F8 · US B06XFG6415 · GB B06XFG6415 · FR B06XFG6415 · IT B06XFG6415 · ES B06XFG6415

   EAN

   8051406195724

   • A width in the title, which is the first of the two numbers this shelf needs
   • From a maker that builds only touring bindings, so the system is narrow and known
   • No characteristics published at all

   Best for: An ATK binding owner who has checked the fitting with the maker

   ≈ €74

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4. 

   Black Diamond Fritschi Vipec/Tecton, 90 mm

   Named for two Fritschi bindings, filed under Black Diamond, and described in nothing at all.

   Fits

   Fritschi Vipec and Tecton bindings, from the title

   Width

   90 mm

   Tooth depth

   Not published

   Material

   Not published

   Packed

   Not published

   Weight per pair

   Not published

   Amazon reference

   B08WH9Q24Q (one reference across 6 Amazon marketplaces)

   EAN

   7640132085099

   • Names both bindings it fits — Vipec and Tecton — in the title, which is the line this shelf turns on
   • A published reference, 003966, which identifies the exact part to the maker
   • The brand field says Black Diamond and the product is a Fritschi part; the title carries both names

   Best for: A Fritschi Vipec or Tecton on a ski up to 90 mm at the waist

   ≈ £99 / €76

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